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Displaying 15 of about 28 resultsThis is a leaflet of Hellenic Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (OASP) addressed to students, with guidelines on earthquake protection issues available in Greek and French.
This is a poster for kids on earthquake protection measures, available in Greek and French.
This collection includes a set of research and analysis reports intended to provide a brief and readable context analysis, providing the essential information for individuals and organisations to be able to advocate effectively for school safety at national level (or in federated countries, at sub-national level), and ensure that any expenditure of time…
Explore research products and tools documenting hazard impacts on educational continuity, attainment and investments, as well as individual, household and socio-economic consequences.
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Climate change is the defining crisis of our generation, and it will be the lived reality for generations to come. Yet, many people still do not understand the issue or feel able to respond to it adequately, including the very young people who will be most affected.
Through their Mock COP Declaration, young people across the globe demand tha…
This study aims to conduct rigorously designed research on DRR education for children in Bangladesh by involving children’s active input and participation. In so doing, it aims to identify the specific elements of the DRR education programs for children that produce positive outcomes. Another aim is to examine implementation factors, including those str…
The guidance in this handbook provides organisations with high-level principles and strategies to design, implement and evaluate learning programs and initiatives for young people. It provides a context for youth engagement and learning communities as part of a broader community engagement and capacity-building strategy to reduce disaster risk and enhan…
Children worry their communities are becoming unlivable as deadly wildfires, heat waves, hurricanes and floods delay learning, devastate school buildings and exact a toll on mental health.
The wildfires that ripped through California towns torched school buildings and postponed the start of school as students and teachers were left homeless. A deadly d…
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The federal government traditionally funds programs pre-disaster to mitigate the effects of hazards and post-disaster to assist communities to recover and rebuild. While funding vehicles may operate under different names and emphasize resilience more today than a decade ago, little attention is paid beyond physical infrastructure improvements or…
By Margie Danchin, Archana Koirala, Fiona Russell, Philip Britton
The Delta variant is surging across the globe, and the World Health Organization warns it will rapidly become the world’s dominant strain of COVID-19.
Delta is more infectious than the Alpha variant, and preliminary data suggest children and adolescents are at greater risk of becoming i…
Education and training, alongside public and youth participation, are key to enabling effective and inclusive adaptation to climate change. Education and training are needed to help people understand the changing climate and develop the skills to act on that knowledge, to minimize risk and vulnerability and boost their adaptive capacity and resilience.…
Japanese and international students at Wakayama University in west Japan have created a booklet on disaster prevention knowledge in "easy Japanese" for children with foreign roots, in the hope that people from countries that are not accustomed to earthquakes and typhoons will be able to live with peace of mind.
The booklet provides information necessar…
This lab report addresses challenges and gaps in Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies and implementation in Malaysia, and recommended for the country to have its own comprehensive strategy and action plan for transformative CCA and DRR in ensuring coherence, synergy and impact.
Some of the achievements and best pra…
According to the latest evidence, investments in safe schools provide economic returns for society and also contribute to economic recovery. They represent, then, a clear way to finance risk reduction initiatives in the education sector, and are also a direct contribution to the creation of more resilient societies.
The suspension of…
Youth’s participation in climate change actions and initiatives has been growing since the founding of the Fridays for Future (FFF), a global climate strike movement for the youth that Greta Thunberg inspired.
Greta has successfully raised awareness about threats of climate change and how it will affect their future. Therefore, they have a veste…